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Railway Department, and from 1859 to 1864 Official Assignee and Curator of Intestate Estates, but left that office for the management of the English and Scottish Bank (soon to become
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Mary Brodie Spence (c. 1830 – 22 November 1870) married
William John Wren (c. 1829 – 6 February 1864) on 19 December 1855. Wren was with legal firm Bartley, Bakewell, & Stow, then solicitor in partnership with
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William Richard Spence (13 December 1822 – 1903 New Zealand )
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Eliza Brodie Spence (1833-1836), born Melrose. Died young.
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Agnes Helen Spence (19 December 1863 – 27 August 1949)
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Bound for South Australia – Passenger Lists 1836-1851
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C. H. Spence. "Appendices". In Susan Magarey (ed.).
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213:, a kindergarten worker, and social reformer.
158:Helen Spence née Brodie (1791–1887). (mother)
286:Agnes Spence (9 February 1818 – 11 May 1835)
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